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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 463,576, dated November17, 1891.

Application filed May 12, 1891f Serial No. 392,515. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES CHESWRIGHT, gentleman, a subject of theQueen of Great Britain and Ireland, and residing atHillside, UpperHornsey Rise, London, in the county of Mid dlesex, England, haveinvented certain Improvements in Machines or Apparatus for OapsulingBottles or Like Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to machines or apparatussuch, for instance, as aredescribed in the specification of British Letters Patent No. 3,319 of1877; and the object of my said invention is to provide such machines orapparatus with means whereby they can be cleaned of any adhesive matterwhich may adhere on the part whereinto the necks of the bottles areinserted to be capsuled. The invention is more especially designed foruse in machines or apparatus wherein perforated capsules aremanipulated, as in that case the adhesive matter used'to secure thecapsule to the bottle-neck may exude from the perforations and soaccumulate that it may attach itself to the exteriors of the capsules.

According to my invention I applya cleaning device-such as a sponge, forinstance which can be moved backward and forward in the part of themachine whereinto the capsules and bottle-necks are inserted, so as toclear the said part of any matter which might otherwise accumulate init.. I may arrange the cleaning device so that it can be operated atintervals, or I may cause it to be urged forward by a spring, so thatwhen the capsule and bottleneck are inserted the said cleaning device ispressed back against the pressure of the spring, which, when thecapsuled bottleneck is withdrawn, urges the cleaning device forwardagain, and so wipes the aforesaid part clear of any adhesive matterwhich may have exuded from the capsule.

The accompanying drawings represent a.

machine or apparatus to which my invention is applied.

Figuresl and 2 show the cleaning device arranged to be operated by hand,and Figs. 3 and 4 show an arrangement by which it oprates automatically.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, A is the india-rubber ring or tubeinto which the capsule and bottle-neck are inserted, the capsule beingapplied to the neck by inward pressure of the india-rubber due to itscompression as described in the aforesaid-specification. comparativelysoft material suited to act as a cleaner. It is attached to one end of arod 0 by a screw and washer c, and can bear all round the interiorsurface of the tube A. The rod 0 slides in a guide provided in aprojection E on the base of the machine, and is attached at its oppositeend to another rod E fitted to slide in guides E This rod E extends tothe front of the machine, Where it is provided with a handle 6 inposition convenient to enable the operator to slide the sponge B or thelike to and fro in thetube A.

In the arrangement illustrated by Figs. 3 and A the sponge B or the likeis attached to a disk 0 by the nut c, which disk has at its back aspring D, bearing at one. end on the back of the disk and at its otherend on a projection E, attached to the base of the machine and carryinga tube E gsurrounded by the spring D. In this tube slides a rod E whichis attached to the disk 0, and serves to guide the disk in itslongitudinal movements in the tube A, the extent of which movement isgoverned by a pin 6 fixed in the tube E and entering a slot in the rodThe inner end of the spring may bear on any otherpart of the machinewhich is suited to the purpose, and other means than those described maybe provided for guiding the disk in its motions in the tube A. \Vhen thecapsule and bottle-neck are inserted, the sponge and B is a sponge orpiece of equivalent disk are forced back and the spring is cornpressed,and when the capsuled bottle is withdrawn the spring urges out thesponge and disk again, and by this backward and forward movement of thesponge it keeps the interior of the tube A clear of any adhesive matterwhich may exude from the capsule and which otherwise might collect inthe interior of the said tube. The sponge may be secured to the disk bya screw or other con- Venient fastening, by which it can be readilyremoved for cleansing and refixed in position.

In combination with either of the arrangements hereinbefore describedthere may be provided means for supplying to the neck of the bottlesuitable cement or adhesive material before the capsule is placedthereon. A.

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convenient arrangement for this purpose is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, andconsists of a vessel F to contain the adhesive material communicating bya tube G, fitted with a regulating-cock H, with a tube or chamber I,containing a lining of sponge or like absorbent or cen1ent-holdingmaterial K. This tube or chamber is divided longitudinally into twoparts i the said parts being hinged together at k to permit of theirbeing opened out or separated by means of the handle L to admit ofplacing between the parts the neck of the bottle to receive asupply ofcement from the sponge K, which, when the parts i t are closed, bears onthe neck of the bottle at the part which is to receive the capsule.

I do not limit myself to the precise modes I have described of movingthe cleaning de vice to and fro, as it maybe so moved by any suitablemeans-for instance, by attaching it to a crank on a shaft turned by theoperating-handle of the machine.

Having now particularly described and as certained the nature of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim is 1. In a capsuling machine or apparatus, the combination,with the tubular socket or ring in which the neck of the bottle isinserted for application of the capsule, said socket being open at bothends, of a reciprocatory cleaner supported and guided by the frame ofthe machine or apparatus in the end opposite that in which thebottle-neck is inserted and operating means, such as specified, formoving the cleaner back and forth over the interior surface of the ringor socket, substantially as described.

2. In a capsuling machine or apparatus, the combination, with the ringor socket in which the neck of the bottle is inserted for application ofthe capsule, of a cleaner fitted to the interior of said ring or socketand movable lengthwise thereof, and a spring normally holding thecleaner in position to obstruct the orifice of the ring or socket, sothat the cleaner is pushed back by the insertion of a capsule andbottle-neck and returned when the latter is withdrawn by said spring,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES ()IIES WRIGI I'l.

Witnesses:

CHAS. MILLS, EDWD. GEO. DAVIS, th of 1L7 Lincolrfls [1m .l ivlds,London.

